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DH/2001
17 October 1995


Press Release
DH/2001


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 17 October 1995

19951017 * Security Council welcomes progress made by Rwandan Government in reconciliation process; reaffirms important role played by UNAMIR in Rwanda and subregion.

* General Assembly takes up Secretary-General's report on work of Organization; United States introduces draft resolution aimed at reducing volume of paperwork.

17 October 1995


Press Release


NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS

19951017 WORLD LEADERS, AT UNITED NATIONS FORUM IN NEW YORK,

TO DISCUSS CURRENT STATUS OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Meeting on 25 October will Consider Action Called for by Recent conferences in Vienna and Beijing

SC/6114

The Security Council this afternoon responding to the Secretary-General's recent report on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) welcomed progress made in the past two months by the Government of Rwanda in the national reconciliation process, including the integration of more than 2,000 former Rwandese Government Forces (RGF) troops into the Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA).

GA/SHC/3303

Greater international attention to the needs of the growing elderly population was necessary, speakers told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this morning, as it continued its discussion of social development questions.